Christian Glass: Family of Colorado man shot by police get $19m settlement

The household of a antheral who was changeable dormant by constabulary successful Colorado portion suffering a intelligence wellness situation volition person a $19m (£15.3m) settlement.

The outgo from some authorities and section authorities is the largest suit colony successful Colorado's history.

The agreement, which was announced connected Tuesday, besides mandates section constabulary to make a situation effect squad and boost grooming successful situation intervention.

Christian Glass was killed by a sheriff's lawman past June.

His decease drew nationalist attraction and prompted calls to betterment however constabulary respond to radical with intelligence wellness issues.

The 22-year-old had called constabulary aft his car became stuck connected an embankment successful the agrarian municipality of Silver Plume. He initially told the dispatcher helium was being followed and made different statements that appeared to amusement helium was hallucinating.

His parent aboriginal said helium had been suffering a intelligence wellness situation that time and was "petrified".

Body camera footage shows Mr Glass telling constabulary helium is acrophobic and refusing to exit the car. He tin beryllium seen making bosom shapes with his hands to the officers and praying.

He offers to propulsion 2 knives retired of the conveyance but is told by constabulary not to.

After lengthy negotiations, officers smash a model of the conveyance and taser him. A panicked Mr Glass past brandishes a weapon earlier being changeable 5 times.

While an archetypal constabulary connection indicated helium was the aggressor, a expansive assemblage recovered officers needlessly escalated the stand-off and said Mr Glass did not airs a threat.

A lawyer for his parents, Sally and Simon Glass, said they hoped constabulary would intervene successful akin incidents successful future.

"Any of the 7 officers determination could person stopped this simply by saying something. They privation to empower instrumentality enforcement to person this courage," Siddhartha Rathod said.

"The size of the colony reflects the immense incorrect and injustice committed by the officers," helium added.

A video connection from the mates volition beryllium shown to constabulary officers astatine the commencement of a grooming people astir however to intervene if they consciousness a workfellow is going excessively far.

Two officers, sheriff's lawman Andrew Buen and his supervisor Kyle Gould, are being prosecuted implicit the incident. Charges includes second-degree execution and authoritative misconduct.